Laser-Enhanced Drilling for Subsurface EGS Applications
- Key words
- Drilling; laser; geothermal; hard rock; EGS; laser-enhanceddrilling; laser-assisted-fracturing
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 2012
- Session
- Laser enhanced drilling; Equipment design; Numerical modelin
- Language
- English
Abstract
Determine the effectiveness and feasibility of laser-enhanced drilling (LED) of hard rock to improve drilling and boring operations for subsurface energy related technologies. Enhancing heat extraction from deep granitic geothermal reservoirs will enable minimizing environmental and seismic hazards while securing and maximizing domestic more reliable sources of energy by tapping in the national deep non mined heat resources.
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